System and method for operating intravendor and intervendor messaging systems
First Claim
1. A messaging service system operating in an operator network including a plurality of messaging service systems;
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a receiver configured to receive a handshaking message directed to the messaging service system from a terminal; and
circuitry configured to route the handshaking messages to one or more other messaging service systems of the plurality of messaging service systems if the handshaking message is not directed to the messaging service system.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling the operation of intervendor and intravendor messaging service systems within an operator network includes correctly routing data messages and handshaking messages between the various system components. In one aspect, the present invention uses the uniform resource identifier of a particular messaging system to route one or more handshaking messages from a target terminal to the particular messaging system. In another aspect, the present invention uses a message transaction identification embedded in the handshaking message to direct the handshaking message to the correct messaging service system. In one embodiment, the transaction identification is analyzed by a load balancing switch to determine the location of the particular messaging service system. In another embodiment, one or more of the several messaging service systems in the operator network are used to analyze the transaction identification to determine the location of the particular messaging service system.
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15 Claims
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1. A messaging service system operating in an operator network including a plurality of messaging service systems;
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a receiver configured to receive a handshaking message directed to the messaging service system from a terminal; and
circuitry configured to route the handshaking messages to one or more other messaging service systems of the plurality of messaging service systems if the handshaking message is not directed to the messaging service system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving at least one handshaking message, indicating a status of at least one corresponding message transaction, at one of a plurality of messaging service systems available in an operator network;
determining whether the at least one handshaking message was directed to the receiving one of the messaging service systems; and
routing the at least one handshaking message to one or more other ones of the plurality of messaging service systems if the at least one handshaking message was not directed to the receiving one of the messaging service systems. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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